Cultural Rituals

There are many cultural rituals that one should know before visiting Egypt. Most of them are not rituals based on country tradition but based on Religion. Most of the residents throughout Egypt are Muslim and take their religion very seriously including some cultural rituals.

Egyptians bring tradition and rituals from the time of the Pharaoh and religious traditions. A few that are mentioned often are:

• Take shoes off when entering homes, mosques, and other important buildings. 
• When invited to a home bring a gift to the hostess- not flowers, which are reserved for funerals/deaths
• Take a second helping of food -this is considered a great compliment
• Ramadan- most important holiday. It lasts a month and involves fasting from sun up to sun down each day. 

beaches and resorts

For those travelers who are not interested in taking tours of historical ancient Egypt there 
is still a good reason to travel here- the beaches and resorts. Along Egypt's northern coast 
lies the Mediterranean Sea and to the East cost you will find the Red Sea both known for 
their beautiful beaches.

 "Egypt can be said to have as many as seven beach zones. These consist of the Mediterranean beaches along the mainline coast from the Suez Canal over to Libya; the Mediterranean beaches along the northern Sinai; the Sinai coast along the Gulf of Aqaba, the Sinai coast along the Gulf of Suez, the southern Sinai region which opens onto the Red Sea, the Mainland coast along the Gulf of Suez and the Mainland coast south of that along 

the Red Sea."

The map below illustrates the 7 different beach zones. The further south you go the warmer the beaches will be. The warm beaches are the major draw for many europeans on holiday because many countries do not have warm beaches for them to visit and the Egyptian beaches are more affordable than the ones throughout Europe. 

http://www.smh.com.au/news/news/from-burqa-to-bikini/2008/08/20/1218911776292.html

The link above goes to an article that talks about women only beaches in a country that has very conservative dress code for Muslim women. This beach is a place they can go and wear what they want without the feeling of men watching and judging them. O found it very interesting.